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April 13, 2021 BERKELEY, CA—APRIL 12, 2021—After engagement with As You Sow on reducing single use plastic packaging, Keurig Dr Pepper Inc., the third largest non-alcoholic packaged beverage company in North America, has agreed to cut its use of virgin plastic for packaging by 20% by 2025. Keurig Dr Pepper used 208,000 metric tons of plastic packaging in 2018. Citing urgent new data on the growing plastic pollution problem, As You Sow filed shareholder proposals with 10 lead...

Group sees plastic asset risk amid environmental concerns Print A new report from a shareholder advocacy group says that with consumer brand companies cutting back on virgin plastics and concerns rising over climate change, financial institutions should be worried about overinvestment in petrochemicals. The April 8 report from As You Sow argues that addressing climate change and moving to a net-zero carbon economy will lead to significant reduction in demand for fossil fuel-based products, cr...

Hungarys coal exit and Londons first tiny forest: The Sustainability Success Stories of the week As part of our Mission Possible campaign, edie brings you this weekly round-up of five of the best sustainability success stories of the week from across the globe. Published every week, this series charts how businesses and sustainability professionals are working to achieve their Mission Possible across the campaigns five key pillars -  energy, resources, infrastructure, mobility and  business ...

Two of the worlds largest users of plastics, Mondelez International and PepsiCo have agreed to set new reduction targets following intensive discussions with the As You Sow non-profit.

Wine Industry News for Mar 10, 2021

Eastman joins pellet spill reporting, NGO targets broader effort Print Eastman Chemical Co. will begin public reporting on spills of resin pellets, becoming the sixth plastics manufacturer to do so after reaching an agreement with shareholder activist group As You Sow. AYS announced Dec. 15, 2020, that it is withdrawing a proposal seeking a shareholder vote on the measure at the companys annual meeting, after Eastman said it would start public reporting on spills in its 2021 Sustainability Rep...